If you’ve ever needed to send a text message to a friend’s cell from your e-mail client you not only needed to know their cell number but also the format for the domain name of their service provider. Well, not any more. Just send an e-mail to cellnumber@teleflip.com and it will go through just as fast as it can. More details (though not many more) can be found at teleflip.com.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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One Reply to “E-mail to SMS made easy”
I’ve used this for just about a year now, and it’s so simple for what it is.
If you’ve ever needed to send a text message to a friend’s cell from your e-mail client you not only needed to know their cell number but also the format for the domain name of their service provider. Well, not any more. Just send an e-mail to cellnumber@teleflip.com and it will go through just as fast as it can. More details (though not many more) can be found at teleflip.com.
I’ve used this for just about a year now, and it’s so simple for what it is.